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Lt. Col. Kaarel Maesalu (left), commander of the Estonian Artillery Battalion, and Capt. Eliot S. Proctor (center), battery commander for Battery A, 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, discuss artillery deployment and tactics while Pfc. Kyle J. Hale (right), a cannon crew member for 2nd Platoon, waits to hand an artillery shell to his fellow paratroopers operating an M119A2 105 millimeter howitzer July 22at Estonia’s Tapa training grounds. The field exercise marked the first use of American artillery for direct and indirect fire support training missions ever on Estonian soil in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, which includes combined training exercises with U.S., Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian military forces to foster interoperability and demonstrate a commitment to NATO obligations. (Photo by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV)
| Date Taken: | 07.22.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 08.07.2014 08:50 |
| Photo ID: | 1489220 |
| VIRIN: | 140722-A-DB402-0117 |
| Resolution: | 3174x2055 |
| Size: | 5.07 MB |
| Location: | TAPA, EE |
| Web Views: | 76 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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Fire! American artillery enters Estonia with a bang
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